Men's Golf Set for Patriot League Championship at Steel Club

Setting the Scene
What: 2022 Patriot League Championship
When: Friday-Sunday, April 29-May 1 (18 holes each day starting at 8 a.m.)
Where: Par-72, 6,655-yard Steel Club, Hellertown, Pa.
The Field: 8 teams (Bucknell, Army, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola, Navy)
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com

About the Bison

The Bucknell men's golf squad has enjoyed a strong 2021-22 season to date, with six top-five team finishes and a win at the Howard Bison Invitational back in October. Now the postseason has arrived, as the Bison head to the Patriot League Championships in search of their first conference title since 2009 and a trip back to the NCAA regionals.
Bucknell has a solid 292.3 team scoring average in five spring events, including three below-par rounds. Despite playing through some inclement weather, the team has combined for 12 individual rounds under par, with a low of 67 (-5) by Blake Wisdom on this same Steel Club course earlier this month.
The Bison closed with a 3-under 285 team score after opening with 296 at Lafayette's spring tournament at Steel Club. Wisdom's 67 was one shy of his career high and two shy of the school record. Wisdom was the tournament runner-up. Jason Lohwater also broke par with a final-round 71, one day after Jackson Bussell led the team with a 69. Bussell finished T-5th and Lohwater T-11th.
Lohwater has been terrific in his final season in Orange & Blue. He has shot even-par or better in six of his last nine rounds (70-70-72-69-72-75-71-73-74), highlighted by a season-best 69 in the opening round at Rum Pointe, and is a combined 2-over over the last four tournaments.
Lohwater's T-3rd finish at Rum Pointe is his career best. He finished T-10th in the previous event in Arizona.
Wisdom shot 73-72 last time out at Villanova's Wildcat Invitational, giving him a second straight top-10 finish (T-8th). He has lowered his spring scoring average to a team-best 72.3. Lohwater is a close second at 72.7, followed by Bussell at 74.0. Over the full season, Bussell leads the way with a 73.1 average, followed by Lohwater at 73.5.
This week's lineup features Wisdom, Lohwater, Bussell, Jack Gardner, Michael Rudnick, and Josh Holtschlag. The Patriot League Championship uses a play-6, count-4 format.

The Patriot League Championship

Lafayette is hosting the Patriot League Championship for the first time, although Bucknell has competed at the Steel Club five times in the Leopards' spring tournament, including this year.
This is the 31st Patriot Championship. Bucknell has won the event three times (2006, 2007, 2009).
The team champion receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. The individual medalist also earns a spot if he is not already a member of the winning team.

Bucknell's Patriot League Tournament History
1991
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (311-326--637)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (332-344--676)
Bucknell Individuals: T7. Don Hansen (83-82--165); 9. Glen Hertzberg (80-86--166); 20. Dave Fries (87-88--175); T24. Doug Dollenberg (84-94--178); T24. Mike Smigie (85-93--178); T34. Chris Curti (99-88--187).

1992
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Army (290-295-291--896)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-308-322--946)
Bucknell Individuals: T14. Don Hansen (76-75-80--231); T14. Doug Dollenberg (76-75-80--231); T18. Dave Fries (81-73-83--237); T34. Marc Shaffer (84-90-79--253); T36. Jim Foard (83-88-85--256); 38. Chris Curti (86-85-86--257).

1993
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (312-322-306--940)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (330-313-329--972)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Doug Dollenberg (79-76-81--236); T12. Dave Fries (83-78-83--244); T14. Paul Gregory (87-76-82--245); T23. Jeff Graf (84-87-83--254); 27. Drew Smith (92-83-84--259); T28. Marc Shaffer (84-88-88--260).

1994
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Army (307-312-319--938)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (311-322-328--961)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Doug Dollenberg (76-78-80--234); 14. Jeff Graf (78-85-81--244); T15. Paul Gregory (78-79-88--245); T19. Don Hansen (79-80-89--248); T32. Tommy Martin (83-89-91--263); T40. Mark McGinly (90-101-79--270).

1994 (Championship Moved to Fall Season)
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (309-299-322--930)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (302-315-328--945)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Jeff Graf (76-76-82--234); T11. Josh Hartman (73-79-88--240); T11. Eric Shortz (75-83-82--240); T15. Paul Gregory (78-77-87--242); 18. Marc Shaffer (78-84-82--244); T28. Tommy Martin (88-88-82--258).

1995
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (309-300-302--911)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (329-317-321--967)
Bucknell Individuals: 13. Jeff Graf (77-83-76--236); T20. Josh Hartman (81-78-85--244); T22. Bryan Sun (86-77-83--246); T30. Tony Calandra (90-81-80--251); 33. Jim Ofria (85-86-84--255); 34. Eric Shortz (94-81-82--257).

1996
Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Lehigh (318-310-307--935)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (322-314-318--954)
Bucknell Individuals: 4. Josh Hartman (81-79-75--235); T5. Bryan Sun (77-77-82--236); Todd Schneider (84-76-83--243); Mark McGinly (80-85-80--245); Eric Shortz (87-82-81--250); Tony Calandra (87-82-83--252).

1997
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Lehigh (297-299-300--896)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (316-296-305--917)
Bucknell Individuals: T6. Josh Hartman (80-70-74--224); 12. Todd Schneider (78-75-75--228); T19. Tony Calandra (80-77-77--234); T19. Ken Kosteva (81-74-79--234); T30. Mark Rylak (82-78-81--241); 40. Brad Borman (78-86-89--253).

1998
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Navy (302-294-298--894)
Bucknell Finish: T3rd (315-309-303--927)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Todd Schneider (77-75-75--227); T16. Tony Calandra (83-75-76--234); T18. Ken Kosteva (77-82-76--235); 23. Tom Marks (84-78-76--238); 30. Mark Rylak (78-81-85--244); 33. Nick Leibowitz (87-82-80--249).

2000 (Championship Moved Back to Spring Season)
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (305-307-299--911)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (299-305-310--914)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Ken Kosteva (74-72-74--220); 11. Jimmy Freeman (76-78-76--230); 19. David Horton (81-74-83--238); T33. Nick Perini (85-81-85--251); 37. L.J. Petroni (85-86-86--257); Nick Leibowitz (68-DQ-77--DQ).

2001
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Navy (298-298-293--889)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (299-317-301--917)
Bucknell Individuals: 5. Jimmy Freeman (75-77-70--222); T9. Nick Leibowitz (74-79-77--230); T12. Ken Kosteva (74-82-75--231); T23. Charles Markey (76-80-81--237); T25. Scott Leeder (78-81-79--238); 38. David Horton (85-83-83--251).

2002
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Army (271-292-284--847)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (300-306-301--907)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Abbie Valentine (71-74-77--222); T11. Scott Leeder (73-80-69--222); T22. Nick Leibowitz (77-76-77--230); T28. Dan Gale (79-76-79--234); 42. Charles Markey (85-86-78--249); 45. Alex Dolle (82-82-89--253).

2003
Course: Saucon Valley G.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (297-290-291--878)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (319-310-309--938)
Bucknell Individuals: T8. Tom Lane (79-75-74--228); T11. Abbie Valentine (74-82-74--230); T17. Alex Dolle (78-74-83--235); 33. Ben Pellicani (90-79-79--248); 40. Chris Martinez (89-85-82--256); T45. Brian Troast (88-89-88--265).

2004
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (320-302-308--930)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (319-311-316--946)
Bucknell Individuals: 6. Charlie Waddell (80-78-75--233); 12. Tom Lane (81-78-78--237); T13. Ben Pellicani (79-79-80--238); T13. Patrick Yingling (79-76-83--238); T28. Abbie Valentine (83-80-84--247); T36. Alex Dolle (86-84-84--254).

2005
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Army (284-283-293--860)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (286-282-299--867)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (67-71-71--209); 2. Ben Pellicani (71-65-74--210); T16. Keita Aoki (74-73-79--226); T16. Kyle Moran (75-75-76--226); T30. Tom Lane (74-79-78--231); T30. Patrick Yingling (79-73-79--231).

2006
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Bucknell (299-298-299--896)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Charlie Waddell (69-70-71--210); 11. Ben Pellicani (77-76-78--231); T12. Kyle Moran (77-76-80--233); T20. Rahul Desai (76-79-80--235); T22. Patrick Yingling (87-76-73--236); T29. Keita Aoki (85-80-77--242).

2007
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Bucknell (291-297-295--883)
Bucknell Individuals: 3. Charlie Waddell (74-73-68--215); T4. Andrew Cohen (72-74-74--220); T6. Keita Aoki (73-76-73--222); T19. Rahul Desai (72-76-80--228); T30. Kyle Moran (75-74-83--232); T32. Stuart Lindgren (76-77-80--233).

2008
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (311-307-307--925)
Bucknell Finish: 2nd (322-303-317--942)
Bucknell Individuals: 4. Rahul Desai (79-74-78--231); 6. Andrew Cohen (80-73-82--235); 16. Stuart Lindgren (82-80-80--242); T17. Ben Mattingly (81-81-81--243); T17. Brian Bartow (89-76-78--243); 19. Keita Aoki (83-80-81--252).

2009
Course: West Point (N.Y.) G.C.
Team Champion: Bucknell (295-297-292--884)
Bucknell Individuals: 1. Andrew Cohen (71-68-69--208); T9. Brian Bartow (77-76-74--227); T11. Ben Mattingly (79-76-73--228); T18. Will Bachman (69-81-81--231); T20. Andrew Wallisch (80-77-76--233); 36. Parker Phillips (78-83-83--244).

2010
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Lafayette (303-295-304--902)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (308-302-307)
Bucknell Individuals: T10. Andrew Cohen (77-77-75--229); Ryan Schneiter (74-78-77--229); T17. Brian Bartow (79-73-78--230); T28. Ben Mattingly (80-79-77--236); 30. Will Bachman (78-76-85--239); 31. Jeff Pike (81-76-83--240).

2011
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (293-287-290--870)
Bucknell Finish: T5th (300-305-295--900)
Bucknell Individuals: T13. Schuyler Stitzer (75-76-72--223); 16. Jon Hartman (75-78-72--225); T17. Will Bachman (73-73-80--226); T22. Parker Phillips (77-79-74--230); T26. Ben Mattingly (77-78-77--232); T35. Dan Bernard (79-82-78-- 239).

2012
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (288-290-300--878)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (293-293-306--892)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. Peter Scialabba (69-72-76--217); T16. Dan Bernard (74-70-83--227); T19. Schuyler Stitzer (75-76-77--228); T19. J.J. Szmadzinski (79-75-74--228); T32. Jon Hartman (75-83-79--237); T39. Will Bachman (77-85-79--241).

2013
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Lehigh (299-296-303--898)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (307-312-310--925)
Bucknell Individuals: T4. Schuyler Stitzer (72-77-77--226); 16. Dan Bernard (76-79-79--234); T18. Zach Pogust (82-81-74--237); T18. Billy Wright (80-77-80--237); T30. Peter Scialabba (79-81-85--245); T32. Thomas Walter (81-79-86--246).

2014
Course: West Point G.C. (West Point, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Loyola (287-283-291--861)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (306-299-297--902)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Schuyler Stitzer (75-72-75--222); T21. Peter Scialabba (75-74-80--229); 24. John Edler (77-82-72--231); T27. Zach Pogust (79-75-79--233); T36. D.J. Magee (84-80-74--238); T36. Thomas Walter (84-78-76--238).

2015
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Loyola (287-281-294--862)
Bucknell Finish: 7th (311-305-313--929)
Bucknell Individuals: T20. John Edler (77-76-77--230); T20. Peter Scialabba (77-76-77--230); T22. Daniel Levin (80-74-77--231); T37. D.J. Magee(77-79-83--239); 44. C.J. Zachary (82-82-82--246); 45. Zachary Melnick (85-82-82--249).

2016
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Army (284-284-282--850)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-290-305--895)
Bucknell Individuals: T2. J.P. Raftery (71-67-73--211); T17. Jubal Early (76-74-76--226); T21. Conor O'Brien (76-72-81--229); 32. John Edler (77-78-79--234); T33. Daniel Levin (77-81-77--235); T39. D.J. Magee (80-77-81--238).

2017
Course: Bucknell G.C. (Lewisburg, Pa.)
Team Champion: Loyola (280-274-281--835)
Bucknell Finish: 3rd (276-285-284--845)
Bucknell Individuals: 2. J.P. Raftery (67-68-69--204); T7. Jubal Early (67-73-72--212); T13. D.J. Magee (70-73-71--214); T26. Peter Bradbeer (74-71-75--220); T31. John Edler (78-73-72--223); T31. Connor O'Brien (72-79-72--223).

2018
Course: Saucon Valley C.C. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
Team Champion: Navy (290-308-297--895)
Bucknell Finish: 5th (296-307-306--908)
Bucknell Individuals: T6. Peter Bradbeer (69-81-74--224), 9. J.P. Raftery (75- 74-78--227), T10. Connor O'Brien (75-77-76--228), T33. Chris Tanabe (80-79-77- -236), T35. Jubal Early (77-77-83--237), 48. Ashton Radvansky (86-87-80--253).

2019
Course: Seven Oaks G.C. (Hamilton, N.Y.)
Team Champion: Army (302-285-278--865)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-286-293--879)
Bucknell Individuals: T7. Chris Tanabe (74-72-73--219), T13. Connor O'Brien (77-71-73--221), T17. J.P. Raftery (78-69-75--222), T20. Jason Lohwater (76-75-72--223), T28. Peter Bradbeer (74-74-78--226), T39. Jubal Early (76-74-81--231).

2020
Course: Hollywood G.C. (Deal, N.J.)
Team Champion: Tournament canceled due to COVID-19

2021
Course: U.S. Naval Academy G.C. (Annapolis, Md.)
Team Champion: Loyola (288-288-290--865)
Bucknell Finish: 4th (300-311-304—915)
Bucknell Individuals: T11. Blake Wisdom (76-73-75--224); T13. Chris Tanabe (76-80-70--226); T27. Jackson Bussell (72-83-80--235); T33. Jason Lohwater (80-78-79--237); T33. Josh Holtschlag (76-81-80--237); 39. Jack Gardner (82- 80-80--242).

BUCKNELL PL TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Team Individual
Low Any 18 276 (2017) 65 (Ben Pellicani, 2005)
Low First 36 561 (2017) 135 (J.P. Raftery, 2017)
Low 54 845 (2017) 204 (J.P. Raftery, 2017)
Best Finish 1st ('06, '07, '09) 1st (Charlie Waddell, 2005, 2006)
1st (Andrew Cohen, 2009)

Men's Golf Set for Patriot League Championship at Steel Club

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Players Mentioned

Peter Bradbeer

Jackson Bussell

Jubal Early

Jubal Early

John Edler

Jack Gardner

Josh Holtschlag

Daniel Levin

Jason Lohwater

Jason Lohwater

D.J. Magee

Zachary Melnick

Connor O'Brien

Connor O'Brien

Ashton Radvansky

J.P. Raftery

J.P. Raftery

Michael Rudnick

Chris Tanabe

Blake Wisdom

C.J. Zachary

Men's Golf Set for Patriot League Championship at Steel Club

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Peter Bradbeer

Jackson Bussell

Jubal Early

Jubal Early

John Edler

Jack Gardner

Josh Holtschlag

Daniel Levin

Jason Lohwater

Jason Lohwater

D.J. Magee

Zachary Melnick

Connor O'Brien

Connor O'Brien

Ashton Radvansky

J.P. Raftery

J.P. Raftery

Michael Rudnick

Chris Tanabe

Blake Wisdom

C.J. Zachary

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